Madrid, Feb 15 (EFE).- A man who was arrested last month and is facing trial for the murder of three siblings in a town near the Spanish capital Madrid has allegedly beaten his cellmate to death, police told EFE on Thursday.<\/p>
Dilawar Hussein F.C., a 42-year-old of Pakistani origin, has been held since Jan. 24 at the Estremera prison outside Madrid, in an area of the penitentiary that houses difficult inmates.<\/p>
He was sharing a cell with an inmate of Bulgarian origin, identified as 39-year-old A.A.V, during his pre-trial detention.<\/p>
Hussein was arrested on Jan. 22 after turning himself into the Spanish Civil Guard and confessing to the murder of three elderly siblings in Morata de Taju\u00f1a over a reported debt of 60,000 euros (just over 64,000 dollars).<\/p>
The sisters had taken out a high-interest loan with the suspect after falling victim to an online love scam, leaving them bankrupt. They had also been seeking financial assistance from loved ones and neighbors.<\/p>
Their bodies had been found days before his confession although, according to his testimony in court, he had killed them on Dec. 17 with an iron bar, over a month before their burned bodies were found in the early stage of decomposition. EFE<\/p>
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